Tim Kastelle
APRIL 12, 2018
Note: this was originally posted on Harvard Business Review Blogs , with terrific editing by Sarah Green Carmichael. Sometimes, the problem that we think we’re solving isn’t the real problem that we face. I was running a workshop with a multinational engineering firm when I ran into a perfect example of an air sandwich, which illustrates this point.
HYPE Innovation
APRIL 5, 2018
We talk a lot about change here in this blog, and most of it refers to change through innovation.
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IdeaScale
APRIL 10, 2018
It’s a cold, wet Spring, so let’s take a moment (and a sip or two?) to reflect on how great ideas become reality. Specifically, let’s consider the invention of Bailey’s Irish Cream and what it can teach us about idea management strategies that can support and amplify successful ideas. On December 3rd, 2007, Diageo announced the sale of the billionth bottle of Baileys since it was first introduced in 1973.
Innovation Excellence
APRIL 15, 2018
What always surprises us when working with big companies is that innovation is usually primarily seen as a growth tool. It is less commonly talked about as a brand-building tool. That’s usually seen to be the domain of big advertising campaigns that supposedly land enduring brand values.
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Paul Hobcraft
APRIL 1, 2018
We all in the middle of a re-orientation of our ways to undertake innovation as a process and in its design. The past belief that a product was your island and pathway to secured profits no longer works. We are learning to connect in completely different ways. We are learning how to interact with a connected system as products move into products and digital, connected and combined.
Innovation Excellence
APRIL 17, 2018
Oftentimes, an entrepreneur or an employee’s greatest strength also acts against them as their greatest weakness. While this duality isn’t always easily expressed, nowhere is it more apparent than in the budding, overzealous worker who burns bright, and then burns out. Workplace fatigue is a more persistent problem in the global economy than you might.
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Daniel Burrus
APRIL 19, 2018
What comes to mind when you hear the term “disrupt”? Does it suggest chaos, lack of direction or other unsettling events? Or do you see it from the other side of the coin—when you’re the one causing the disruption and, as a result, leveraging the opportunity that results? If your organization has an anticipatory mentality, disruption is often synonymous with opportunity—that is, if you’re able to accurately anticipate the future and plan to act on it accordingly instead of merely reacting.
Innovation Excellence
APRIL 2, 2018
Brainstorming. Problem Solving. Creative Thinking. These are all characteristics shared by the successful business professionals. However, you would be surprised to know that even the most successful businesspeople hold themselves back creatively because of ingrained patterns and “fatal flaws” in the way that we approach thinking.
Board of Innovation
APRIL 16, 2018
Read More. The post A week in the life of an Innovation Consultant appeared first on Board of Innovation.
BrainZooming
APRIL 5, 2018
I have (finally) written a book on creative leadership. We’re wrapping it up in the coming weeks. The book, Idea Magnets – 7 Strategies for Cultivating & Attracting Creative Business Leaders , emerged from my experiences working with and knowing Idea Magnets throughout my career. They are creative leaders that share bold visions from which they generate incredible creative ideas and motivate others drawn to the amazing creative energy they generate.
Speaker: Jason Cottrell and Gireesh Sahukar
Retailers know the clock is ticking–legacy SAP Commerce support ends in 2026. Legacy platforms are becoming a liability burdened by complexity, rigidity, and mounting operational costs. But modernization isn’t just about swapping out systems, it’s about preparing for a future shaped by real-time interactions, AI powered buying assistants, and flexible commerce architecture.
Jeffrey Phillips
APRIL 30, 2018
You've heard it before - the pace of change is accelerating. I can present all of the technology adoption charts , the fascinating nuggets of data that tell you how quickly different products or technologies were acquired by millions of customers. And so on and so on. You already know this. Change is real, and change is accelerating. Whether we are talking about change in your global markets, in your industry or in your customer base, change is everywhere.
Innovation Excellence
APRIL 4, 2018
A Culture Of Innovation doesn’t just happen. It has to be built. Here’s How. I’ve often had CEOs tell me, “I want to build a culture of innovation. Can you come in and put one in place?” I feel like a Navy Seal called in to somehow covertly free the company from the shackles of.
BrainZooming
APRIL 3, 2018
(Adapted from Inside the Executive Suite by Armada Corporate Intelligence). Two junior team members in chief of staff / program manager roles asked how to best align with senior leaders to successfully share a strategy across an organization. Each was concerned about having enough regular access to senior leaders to feel comfortable in delivering consistent communications relative to what they would be saying in other forums.
Innovation Excellence
APRIL 3, 2018
Every entrepreneur dreams of having that single moment of epiphany where everything falls into place. Many search for their entire careers for that one big idea that will make the difference between incredible success and frustrating mediocrity. Few ever find it and many that do end up crashing and burning along the way. The truth.
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Jeffrey Phillips
APRIL 18, 2018
In my last two posts I examined the origin of explore and exploit , and where it has taken us so far in the innovation space. In this post I want to explore why everything we believe about explore and exploit from a strategic and business model perspective is increasingly wrong, and what innovators and strategists need to do now in order to compete effectively in the future.
BrainZooming
APRIL 23, 2018
We facilitated a two-day innovation strategy workshop for nearly two hundred members of a prominent, long-established brand’s marketing organization. The innovation strategy workshop covered a variety of topics related to disruptive innovation. Prior to our Brainzooming workshop , a tech speaker addressed external innovation opportunities and challenges facing the brand.
Destination Innovation
APRIL 7, 2018
In 1973 a married couple, Mr and Mrs Page, who both worked at Michigan Sate University were blessed with a son. The father was a Professor of Computer Science and the mother taught programming. They called their son Lawrence though he was known as Larry. At the age of six the boy was given a home computer, one of the very first models, and soon he was programming.
IdeaScale
APRIL 4, 2018
This year, QED won the Innovation Management award for best innovation realized. The reason that they won this award is, because they were able to collaborate with other crowdsourcing platform TopCoder to test and prototype promising solutions right away – a great use of crowd resources. So we asked QED a few questions about their program and here’s what they had to say: IdeaScale : Why is innovation vital to your organization?
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Digital Tonto
APRIL 29, 2018
It’s better to prepare than adapt because, by the time you see the need to adapt, it may already be too late Related posts: We Need 21st Century Solutions For 21st Century Problems. The 5 Powerhouse. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
Exago
APRIL 5, 2018
Typically, cost-cutting is an expression that frightens employees. It often suggests salary reductions, job cuts and increased individual workload. When introduced in your innovation agenda, you should thus ensure that both real needs and strategy are understood across the organisation, consistently framing any cost-cutting goals. The post Step 4: Overcoming fears over cost-cutting within your innovation agenda appeared first on Exago.
Paul Hobcraft
APRIL 23, 2018
There has been an awful lot to absorb when it comes to skills and how organizations need to be designed for the future. The suggestions have come ‘thick and fast’ from so many sources. The number of helpful reports, observations and suggestions are constant and becoming overwhelming to translate effectively. How can we map a new pathway for shifting current practices and transform them?
Jeffrey Phillips
APRIL 16, 2018
If you are following along, I'm writing a series of posts about the opportunities and challenges with the way we think about and implement the concepts behind explore and exploit. In my first post I wrote a short introduction to the topic. In that post I looked at the history of exploring and exploiting, which I'll suggest comes from the conquest of the new world by the Spaniards, when Columbus and others explored, and the Spanish government exploited the opportunity for centuries.
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Destination Innovation
APRIL 26, 2018
The top ten business risks according to a survey by Aon. Short video. Failure to innovate is #3. The post The Top Ten Risks for Business appeared first on Destination Innovation.
IdeaScale
APRIL 24, 2018
IdeaScale Gov hosted its first-ever Open Nation DC April 12 at the WeWork White House location. For us at IdeaScale, Open Nation is always our favorite week of the year. We’ve been hosting a company-wide Open Nation event in Berkeley for three years now. Open Nation DC was the first spinoff, a gov-focused version situated in the heart of IdeaScale gov work: Washington, D.C.
Digital Tonto
APRIL 1, 2018
If you don't explore, you won't discover. If you don't discover you won't invent. And if you don't invent, you will be disrupted. Related posts: The Silver Bullet Myth. Why Managers Now Need To. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].
HYPE Innovation
APRIL 12, 2018
Yes, the title shamelessly alludes to the "Friends" television series. And yes, this will be an atypical blog post.
Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street
In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.
Econic
APRIL 10, 2018
The biggest challenges in corporate innovation and how to navigate them. Corporate innovation is hard. There are loads of challenges and pitfalls when trying to explore new opportunities inside of an existing organization. More and more, we’re seeing innovation programs close their doors after only a few years, with few senior leaders in the organization recognizing any real value from their efforts.
Jeffrey Phillips
APRIL 24, 2018
So we come to the ultimate post on explore and exploit, at least for now. In past posts we've looked at the origin of explore and exploit , the emergence of true innovation explorers like Edison, Bell and a host of others. We've noticed the rise of the corporation to exploit the discoveries of said explorers. Last but not least we touched on the future of explore and exploit and how it might upset existing business models and organizational structures.
Destination Innovation
APRIL 17, 2018
How to put the NO into Innovation! The post 10 Great Ways to Crush Creativity – Video appeared first on Destination Innovation.
IdeaScale
APRIL 18, 2018
Many people launch an innovation community as a way of improving their employee engagement scores. But how do you know if you’re moving in the right direction? Many IdeaScale customers are interested in gathering sentiment analysis. This is actually possible directly within IdeaScale using the survey tool, which can pose questions to every member of the community, but before you do that, you might want to think about what it is that you want to measure in order to find out how people truly feel
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